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Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
the wooded height of the white stream
? < Ros an Allais (?) “the wooded height of the hypericum”Suite ar an bpointe is sia soir ó thuaidh de Shliabh Bladhma. Ros Fhionnghlaise an fhoirm Ghaeilge bhí in úsáid i lámhscríbhinní de chuid an 15ú haois — sin é atá le sonrú go soiléir in iontrálacha 1420–1487 agus sin é freisin atá ag an gCéitinneach sa 17ú haois, in Foras Feasa ar Éirinn. Mar a deir Ó Murchadha, áfach (‘Rosenallis: the original form of its name’ in Ossory, Laois and Leinster 2 (2006)), is fearr a réiteodh cuid den fhianaise béarlaithe le leagan Colgan 1645 ‘Ros an Aluis’ [Ros an Allais]. Tuairimíonn Ó Murchadha ‘allus … may be an abbreviation for allus Muire, an Irish name for St John’s Wort’ (ibid.).
Díol spéise an iontráil faoin lus áirithe sin in Threlkeld, Synopsis stirpium hibernicarum… (1726), mar tá na hainmneacha Gaeilge go léir luaite leis an gcontae seo: ‘in Leixe Allais Muire [allas Muire], and Beahnova [beathnua], and Tæd Coluim Kille [téad Cholm Cille], in Leixe Beahnua Bicinionn [beathnua baineann], in the Queen’s-County Beahnua Firionn [beathnua baineann]’ (s.n. Hypericum vulgare). D’fhéadfadh sé go dtagraíonn ‘Leix’ don tseandúiche Laoighis seachas d’Uí Fhailghe agus d’Osraí — fuair Threlkeld na hainmneacha Gaeilge as lámhscríbhinn ‘written sometime before the civil Wars in 1641’ ibid. Réamhrá.)
Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:
Tá cur síos san Fhardal Seandálaíochta (www.archaeology.ie) ar an gclogás anseo (Round Tower SO), ar St. Bridget’s Well SO < * Tobar Bhríde, agus ar na trí chrosleaca a tugadh go dtí an teampall Caitliceach anseo ó par Raoire Mór (#1454) (cf. #28633).Ainmneacha stairiúla:
An chuid seo de Shliabh Bladhma, is cosúil, a bhí i gceist leis an logainm stairiúil Adharca “horns” (féach Foclóir Stairiúil Áitainmneacha Gaeilge I 25).
Centrepoint
Historical references
1400c |
hó Rus Findglaisiu
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BColmáin Leathanach: 8, Alt: 9
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1420 |
ecclesie de Rossfindglasi
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Ann. Oss. Leathanach: 1
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1420 |
Rosfynnglassy (perpetual vicarage of)
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CPL Imleabhar: VII, Leathanach: 158
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1430 |
super annata rectorie parrochialis ecclesie de Rosfyndglaisse
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Ann. Dub. Leathanach: 48
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1430 |
Rosfyndglaisse alias Oregan (perpetual vicar of)
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CPL Imleabhar: VIII, Leathanach: 200
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1431 |
Rossyndglaisce (rectory of)
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CPL Imleabhar: VIII, Leathanach: 337
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1466 |
the parish church of Kasleaynbreke alias Oregan
= Castlebrack
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CPL Imleabhar: XII, Leathanach: 480
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1475c |
Rosfinnglaisi
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Coll. Hib. Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 16
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1475c |
Rosfinnglaisi
< RIA 24 P 61 (d)
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 117, Nóta: 18
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1487 |
Rossanclays alias Casleainbreac (parish church of)
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CPL Imleabhar: XIV, Leathanach: 184
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1489 |
the parish church of Rosynholays alias Casleonbreac
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CPL Imleabhar: XV, Leathanach: 398
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1489 |
Roscnunolas (perpetual vicarage of)
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CPL Imleabhar: XV, Leathanach: 434
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1498 |
the perpetual vicarage of the parish church of Casleanbrech alias de Rosanolays
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CPL Imleabhar: XVII (2), Leathanach: 71
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1504 |
pro annata vicarie parrochialis ecclesie de Casleanbrech alias de Rosanolays
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Ann. Dub. Leathanach: 69
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1504 |
the parish church of Casleanbrech alias Rosauoleys
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CPL Imleabhar: XVIII, Leathanach: 287
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1513 |
ecclesie de Casleanbrech alias de Rosanolays
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Ann. Dub. Leathanach: 69
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1540 |
Russenall
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Ir. Mon. Poss. Leathanach: 994
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1544 |
Russenall
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F Leathanach: 390
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1549 |
Rosnehaily?
extent of Leyse
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JKAS Imleabhar: VI, Leathanach: 245
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1549 |
Rosnehaily?
bounds of Leyse
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1552 |
Rossenallis
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F Leathanach: 1139
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1563c |
Bavnregan
par. Rosenallis +Clonygowan?
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1573 |
Rossennoles, Oregan alias
Morice fitz Thomas Fitzgeralde
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F Leathanach: 2208
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1593 |
Rossanolaies
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 35
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1607 |
Rossanoliss
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 13
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1607 |
Roishinoylish
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 18
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1608 |
Rossenoiles
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Dunne Papers Leathanach: 125
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1608 |
Rossenolles
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CPR Leathanach: 131
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1617 |
Rosanoile
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Dunne Papers Leathanach: 125
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1629–44 |
Rossanolluis
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Dinnseanchas Imleabhar: 2, Leathanach: 32
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1630c. |
ó Ros Fionnghlaise
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FFÉ Imleabhar: III, Leathanach: 306
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1638 |
Rossanolluis
Blúire Cillsheanchais faoi Fhairche Chill Dara
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Dinnseanchas Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 32
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1641 |
Rossanellis
Donogh MacShaen
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Dep. 1641 Leathanach: 151r
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1647 |
Ros-analluis
Eccl. par., Diec. Killdarien.
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Triad. Thaum. Leathanach: 625
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1647 |
Rosfinnglas
Templum S. Brigide in vico de ... in Hyriegain
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Triad. Thaum. Leathanach: 625
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1654-6 |
Rossinallish
the church of
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CS X Leathanach: 23
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1655 |
Rossanollis, the Parish of
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1659 |
Rossen Allis
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Cen. Leathanach: 505
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1659 |
Rossenallis
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Cen. Leathanach: 506
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1660c |
Rosanolish Parish
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BSD (La) Leathanach: 126
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1662 |
Ros-fionnghlaise
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Cambr. Ever. Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 790
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1662 |
Rossanolis
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Inq. Lag. Alt: 2 C II
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1685 |
Rossanollis
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1823 |
Rosenallis
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1838 |
Rosenallis
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Drogheda Map 1812:AL Leathanach: La056,26
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1838 |
Rossinallis
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HCSV:AL Leathanach: La056,26
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1838 |
Rossenales
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Speed Gt Britain:AL Leathanach: La056,26
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1838 |
Roseinallis
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Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: La056,26
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1838 |
Rossanollis
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HCons PR:AL Leathanach: La056,26
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1838 |
Rosanallis
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BS:AL Leathanach: La056,26
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1838 |
Gleabe land in Rossanallis
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DS:AL Leathanach: La056,26
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1838 |
Rose and Alice
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pron.:AL Leathanach: La056,26
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1838 |
Rossanallis
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OD:AL Leathanach: La056,26
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1838 |
Rossanallis now corruptly Ros in Allice
... seems to be the church called Ros Finnghlaise by the ecc. Irish writers, though this never occurred to Colgan who gives this church as Ros an Aluis in the list of churches adnmonsteries erected by St. Bridget... JOD
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LSO (La) Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 68/ 197
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1969 |
Ros Fhionnghlaise
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Bailte Poist Leathanach: 45
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